Windows 11 is said to bring significant performance enhancements over Windows 10

Windows 11 apparently offers big performance improvements over Windows 10

 

Microsoft is set to announce Windows 11 next week, and in case you missed it, a build of the new OS leaked this week. Now, one user is citing some big Windows 11 performance improvements over Windows 10.

It comes from YouTuber Ben Anonymous, who claims to be running Windows 11 on an official build. It's still built 21996.1, weirdly enough. He does show off certain things that aren't in the leaked build, so it's clearly different.

The laptop sports an Intel Core i7-10875H processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super graphics card.

To begin with, the startup time is reduced from 16 seconds to 13 seconds. To begin with, that's a significant improvement, and it's a promising indicator for the overall performance of Windows 11.

Time Spy in 3DMark was one of the tests he ran, and his score increased from 6,872 to 7,613. With the GPU score improving from 6,927 to 7,426, and the CPU score growing from 6,573 to 8,886, that's a boost in both CPU and GPU performance. They performed well in his storage test on CrystalDiskMark, however, he cautioned that because of the capacity used, this one should be treated with a grain of salt. The results were the same when he repeated the test later.

The single-core performance on Geekbench improved from 1,138 on Windows 10 to 1,251 on Windows 11, and the multi-core score improved from 6,284 to 7,444, indicating some significant gains.

Your mileage may vary on this. We’ve been running performance benchmarks since the build leaked earlier this week and haven’t been able to replicate this, although as Ben Anonymous notes, he’s running a different build of Windows 11.

Microsoft appears to be introducing some new power management features. Everything that happened there was controlled by the OS because the guy who did the testing deleted any ASUS software that would have been controlling the fans. The fans operated at different speeds during the testing, which is notable because, as we all know, the cooler the CPU and GPU stay, the better the performance.

However, the temperatures do not appear to reflect this. The findings of 3DMark showed that it ran hotter, but the fans were louder and more consistent running.

Treat this as a teaser for next week for the time being. When Microsoft announces Windows 11, it will undoubtedly mention performance, and after we all have a proper preview, we can begin conducting our own testing. Meanwhile, take a look at Ben Anonymous's video.